Mr. Men Collection: Volume 1 - Roger Hargreaves

Mr. Men Collection: Volume 1 - Roger Hargreaves: Little Miss KarenUK and Her Little Men (1015 words)
by karenuk - written on 22.09.02 (Very useful, 175 readings)
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Little Miss KarenUK had an opinion on everything. She was always sniffing soaps, studying shower gels and comparing the prices of shampoos. Little Miss KarenUK was the sort of person who, when presented with her nicely wrapped-up birthday gifts, would write an opinion on the benefits of one wrapping paper over another and the pros and cons of silver ribbons. Little Miss KarenUK was the sort of person who, if taken out to see a play, would be sat there in the front row with a notebook, to ensure her review was accurate. This unnerved some seasoned performers, who were regularly seen mouthing obscenities in her general direction. ...

How many can you name? (2430 words)
by millergirl - written on 27.03.02 (Very useful, 1496 readings)
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Timeless, that is the word I would use to describe the Mr.Men books. Before you read on stop and think how many of the Mr. Men you can name, it’s even harder than the seven dwarfs! When I look at the Mr. Men library on our shelf it brings back so many memories from the time my own children were small. They loved to have the stories read to them and the more familiar they became the more they loved them! Isn’t it wonderful that children never tire of hearing the same stories over and over again? When they were older they enjoyed reading the stories to themselves or even to me if I was very good! Now our youngest foster child (oh so nearly six ...

Mr. Men Collection: Volume 1 - Roger Hargreaves: Here comes Mr. Tickle.... (286 words)
by mreyre - written on 15.08.00 (Very useful, 52 readings)
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I'm a 26 year old primary school teacher, and although I don't read many Mr. Men books to the children in my class, I too agree that they are classics. I remember reading the series of books when I was a child, and it makes me very happy to say that I have started reading them to my own daughter, who is 2 in October. Although she cannot yet understand the stories or social morals behind them, she loves the simple felt-tip style drawings and the fact that they are small enough for her to look at herself. The Mr. Men themselves are usually just one colour, and have a distingusihing feature to help identify them from the others, eg. Mr. Bump's bandage, ...